Implement-handle.



No. 733,919. PATENTED JULY 14, 1903.

J. SCHWARTZ.

IMPLEMENT HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 3, 1902.

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- UNITEb' T T OFFICE? JOSEiF SCHWARTZ, ,OF MILWAUKEE, ISCONSIN;

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 733,919, dated July 14,1903. application filed December 3. 1902. Serial No. 133,884. (Nomodel-l I To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that. I, J OSEF SCHWARTZ, re-

siding at Milwaukee, in the-county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Implementl-Iandles, ofwhich the following is a description, reference being had totheaccompany-. ing drawings, which are a part of this speci-.

fication. I The object of my invention is to provide a novel means forholding and operating apair of scissors, shears, forceps, pincers, orother I the left, or up or down, with reference to said lents thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 .shows my improved implement-handle with apair of straight-bladed scissors mounted thereon. Fig. 2 is an edge viewof my improved handle with the straight-bladed scissors of Fig. 1mounted thereon, the scissors being turned and adjusted to an obliqueangle laterally to the length of the handle. Fig. 3 shows a fragment ofthe handle with a pair of curvedbladed scissors mounted thereon andadjusted to an upwardly-projecting oblique angle to the length of thehandle. Fig. 4 shows merely a pair of scissors having laterally curvedblades and adapted to be mounted on my improved handle.

While my improved handle is adapted to hold and operate any tool orimplement consisting of crossed and pivoted members, like scissors,forceps, pincers, or the like, I have deemed it suflicient to show onlya few forms of scissors that may be mounted and operated on the handle.It will, however, be un derstood that any of these tools having theirshanks properly constructed may he applied bers of; the handle, whichare crossed and seoured together pivotally by a pivot 7 in such manneras is now common with shears, surgical instruments, duo. The pivot isprovided with an elongated head adapted to pass thro'uglr a slottherefor in one member of the handlewhen the two. members of thehandleare sutliciently spread apart therefor, thus permitting the handles tobe separated, as is common in surgical implements, 1

On each member 5 and 6, at the front oxtremity thereof, there is pivoteda short joint member 8, advisably by means of a screw 0, the axis ofwhich screw-pivots severally is at a right angle to the length of thepivot 7, or, in other-words, is at a right angle to the pivot of themembers 5 and 6. On the front end of each joint member 8 there ispivoted an implement-holding member 10, advisably by means of a screw11, the axis of which is at a right angle to the axis of the pivot 9.Each of these members 10 is provided with means for receiving andholding the shanks 12 of a crossed and pivoted tool 13. Preferably thesemeans consist of a socket in the outer end of the member 10 andat aright angle to the pivot 11, and somemeaus, as a set-screw 14, turningthrough, the wall of the socket and adapted to bear against-the shank ofthe tool, advisably entering recesses 15, provided therefor in the shankof the tool, is provided for locking the shanks in the sockets. Theshanks 12 of the tool 13 must always be so formed as to be adapted toenter and to be removed from the sockets or holding devices, and by thismeans tools are made interchangeable on the implement-handle. It will beunderstood that this construction provides a kind of universal joint oradjustment for the it can be drawn out somewhat, as shown in Fig. 3, andthen secured in place, thus setting the tool at an angle upwardly ordownwardly with reference to the members 5 and 6 of the handle. By thesemethods the tool may be adjusted to almost any angle toward the right orleft, or upwardly or downwardly, or to an oblique position, includingboth lateral and upward or downward inclinations, as desired. \Vhen thetool is thus mounted on the implement-handle to the desired angle, itcan be readily operated in such manner as scissors or surgicalinstruments of this general form are manipulated.

This improved handle is adapted for use with many kinds of tools,especially with those employed by surveyors, tinsmiths, roofers,tailors, due.

What I claim as my invention is 1. An implemen t-handle,com prisingcrossed and pivoted handle members, joint members pivoted on theextremities of the handle members by pivots at right angles to the pivotof the handle members, and tool-holding mem- 'bers pivoted on the jointmembers by pivots at right angles to the pivots'connecting the jointmembers to the handle members.

2. An implement-handle,comprisingcrossed and pivoted handle members,joint members pivoted on the extremities of the liandlemembers by pivotsat right angles to the pivot of the handle members, tool-holding memberspivoted on the joint members by pivots at right angles to the pivotsconnecting the joint members to the handle members, and means on thetool-holding members to receive and hold the shanks of a tool adjnstablyand extensihly thereon.

3. An implement-handle,comprising crossed and pivoted handle members,joint members pivoted on the handle members by pivots at right angles tothe pivot of the handle members, tool-holding members pivoted on thejoint members by pivots at right angles to the pivots connecting thejoint. members to the handle members, the tool-holding members beingprovided with longitudinal sockets for receiving therein removably theshanks of a tool, and having means for locking the shanks of the tool inthe sockets of the toolholding members.

4. An implement-handle,com prising crossed and pivoted handle members,and tool-holding members mounted on the extremities of the memberspivotally and having means for holding the shanks of a toolcomprisingcrossed and pivoted members, and so that the opening andclosinglof the handle members will synchronously open and close the toolmembers. r

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEF SCHWARTZ.

Witnesses:

C. T. BENEDICT, ALMA KLUG.

